Rose Parade gay marriage story trumped up: Letters

“Woman calls for boycott over float” (Dec. 27) is tabloid-style, sensationalist journalism. The headline is not news, featuring the opinion of one San Diego woman and her Facebook page. Clearly designed to grab attention on a hot-button issue, such coverage substitutes lazy and irresponsible journalism for real news. Do I get a front-page headline every time I am upset by a corporate-sponsored float?

— Mark Maier, Pasadena

Gay marriage on float will be offensive to so many

My mental image of “in-your-face” is a loudmouth standing a foot away and shouting, “Nya-nya-nanny-nanny-boo-boo!” at me. Most mature adults would find this offensive. Public Editor Larry Wilson’s column lauds an equally offensive action by hiding behind its legal right. He justifies purposeful bad taste by praising gay marriage. Not the point, Larry! A nation of families will see Southern California not as a positive leader but as a counterculture haven. He has forgotten that rights carry equal responsibilities. Who needs this public display? Who is hurt by it? Out of my face, please.

— James Jones, Rancho Palos Verdes

Rose Parade boycott threat slightly misplaced

Your front-page article on Dec. 27 highlighted a woman’s request to boycott the Rose Parade because of the AIDS Healthcare float entry.

The Tournament of Roses is stuck between a rock and a hard place. They are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. We don’t know the history of how this group was able to get into the parade with this theme. I say go to the parade, enjoy the parade and turn your back on the float as it passes by. Don’t let this group have the upper hand by destroying the beautiful spectacle that so many people have worked so hard to make happen. Boycotting something of so much beauty is not the answer. Don’t give them that power. Remember that there are 91 entries including bands with over 4,000 band members, equestrian units and other entries from around the world that are looking forward to their “Dreams Coming True.”

— Elaine Klock, Altadena

Demonizing the morals of society with gay marriage

The Tournament of Roses Association should not allow the gay marriage to take place in the Rose Parade. This parade is viewed all over the world and it sends the wrong message and someone needs to stand up and put a stop to it! Their actions demonize the morals of society and should not be allowed to use a public agenda to rub everyone’s face in it. What the gays do behind closed doors should stay behind closed doors and not make a public spectacle of their actions.

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— Mike Jones, Arcadia

Gay float a victory dance

The homosexual Rose Parade wedding float is like a victory dance, but not just for homosexual marriage. It actually celebrates something far more profound, and that is the defeat of Christian democracy (rule by the Christian majority) and its replacement by God-hating Bolshevism (rule by an anti-Christian minority). They might as well put a big finger on the back of that float with the caption: “Take this you, Christians!” This is the culmination of a revolution, which, over the years, has taken over the federal government and most state and local governments. The laws of the land have become hostile to Christian morals, values, beliefs, conscience, holy days, the Christian Bible and even God. But they have become pro-everything that is abhorrent to Christians with a government that rules by executive order and judicial oligarchy.